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Legal and Regulatory Issues for Passenger Space Travel

Published:	1998
Author:	Patrick Collins Koichi Yonemoto
Origin:	Proceedings of International Symposium on Space Law, 49th IAF Congress.
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Abstract:	Work aimed at establishing a space tourism industry which will enable the general public to travel to and from space on a commercial basis has made good progress in the past few years, particularly in the USA and Japan. Developing the vehicles needed for space tourism is an engineering challenge, involving developing re-usable rocket engines with low maintenance costs, light-weight robust vehicle structures, low-cost operating procedures and other targets. However, it is also an institutional challenge, since in order for rocket vehicles to provide commercial passenger travel services to and from space, extensive innovation is needed in applicable law and regulations, both at the national and international levels. It is now becoming accepted that civil aviation is the appropriate model for a future passenger space travel industry, and studies in both USA and Japan are now focusing on details of aviation regulations and their applicability to the design, manufacture and operation of passenger space vehicles.
References:	Considerations on Vehicle Design Criteria for Space Tourism Study on airport services for space tourism Pilot Procedures for Kankoh-Maru Operations Orbital Considerations in Kankoh-Maru Rendezvous Operations JRS Rocket Symposium Series International Cooperation in Space: New Government and Industry Relationships Space Business Incentives: It's time to act Surge in Launchers Spurs FAA to Study Traffic Control Plan Towards Traffic Control Systems for Near-Earth Space Legal Considerations for Traffic Systems in Near-Earth Space Reusable Space Transportation - The Key Infra-structure Element in Opening the Space Frontier to the Public Efficient Turn-Around for Airline Operation of Reusable Rockets Free Flight: The Future of Air Transportation Entering the Twenty-First Century Space for Rent: The International Telecommunications Union, Space Law, and Orbit/Spectrum Leasing Space is a Place The Fractional Orbital Transportation System Mixed-Use Business Park Developments in Space: A Real-Estate Paradigm Orion's Laser: Hunting Space Debris Space: The Cluttered Frontier Slide Rule Journal of Space Technology and Science Advances in the Astronautical Sciences Space News Ad Astra Journal of Practical Applications in Space Journal of Air Law and Commerce Aerospace America
Referred to by:	Progress Towards Space Tourism in Japan A Draft of Safety Standard for Designing Space Tour Vehicles Space Hotels: The Cruise Ship Analogy Status Report on Space Tour Vehicle "Kankoh-maru" of Japanese Rocket Society Collaboration with Aviation - The Key to Commercialisation of Space Activities

Related Entries:	Kawasaki Heavy Industry General Public Space Travel and Tourism Kankoh-Maru VTOL Space Transportation Association Japanese Rocket Society NASA X-Prize International Symposium on Space Tourism Space Tourism Society Pioneer Rocketplane Bristol Spaceplanes Rotary Rocket Kelly Space & Technology American Society of Civil Engineers American Institute for Astronautics and Aeronautics International Astronautical Federation Federal Aviation Administration HTOL Ariane Yoshiyuki Funatsu Yoshihiro Naruo
Keywords:	Vehicles:Law

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